A number of reenactors and visitors celebrated Confederate Flag Day Saturday, March 3, at the Confederate Monument in Canoe. The program included the invocation, Posting of the Colors, pledges and salutes, laying of the wreath by Tammy King, dedication address by SW Brigade Commander Tommy Rhodes and Camp 2088 Commander Kevin McKinley, raising of the flags, rifle and cannon salute, closing and singing of “Dixie.” Flags that have flown over…

The following information was released by the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) last week. “The AFC’s Claude D. Kelley Recreational Area and Little River State Forest will reopen to the public on March 17, 2018. It will be operational on weekends for day-use-only from Friday noon through Sunday at 5:00 pm. Hours of operation will be expanded in the near future. Camping sites will be available soon.” The park closed indefinitely…

The local and area aviation community will get a chance to see what the recently refurbished Atmore Municipal Airport has to offer on Saturday, March 10, when city officials and airport management host an open house and fly-in. The event, which is also open to the general public, will begin around 10 a.m. and last until about 1 p.m. New airport manager Freddie McCall was not at the facility this…